Finding Roots in Urban Spaces: A Personal Reflection by Zineb Ouali Alami

Not long ago, I found myself lingering near a small neighborhood square being constructed outside my home. As I passed by, I saw workers digging holes into the ground, each about a meter wide, slicing through the concrete as if wounding the earth itself. Days later, I returned to the same spot, now filled with […]

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Our Need for the Jurisprudence of Purification and Behavior

The first ayah revealed in the Cave of Hira to Prophet Muhammad (SAW) was “Iqra.” The question that arises is: what to read? The ayah ends with a verb, which in Arabic is a transitive verb, indicating an action directed towards something, yet no specific object is mentioned. This teaches us that the command to […]

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